BMY vs. GRI, INDV, SLS, ERGO, SLN, AMYT, OGN, GPH, IGC, and PHAR
Should you be buying Bloomsbury Publishing stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bloomsbury Publishing include Grainger (GRI), Indivior (INDV), Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust (SLS), Ergomed (ERGO), Silence Therapeutics (SLN), Amryt Pharma (AMYT), Origin Enterprises (OGN), Global Ports (GPH), India Capital Growth (IGC), and Pharos Energy (PHAR). These companies are all part of the "pharmaceutical products" industry.
Bloomsbury Publishing vs.
Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) and Grainger (LON:GRI) are both small-cap communication services companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
Bloomsbury Publishing pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Grainger pays an annual dividend of GBX 7 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Bloomsbury Publishing pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Grainger pays out -4,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Grainger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Bloomsbury Publishing has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Grainger has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Bloomsbury Publishing has higher revenue and earnings than Grainger. Grainger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bloomsbury Publishing, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Grainger received 411 more outperform votes than Bloomsbury Publishing when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.09% of users gave Grainger an outperform vote while only 68.48% of users gave Bloomsbury Publishing an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Grainger had 2 more articles in the media than Bloomsbury Publishing. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Grainger and 0 mentions for Bloomsbury Publishing. Bloomsbury Publishing's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Grainger's score of -0.35 indicating that Bloomsbury Publishing is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Bloomsbury Publishing presently has a consensus target price of GBX 825, indicating a potential upside of 45.25%. Grainger has a consensus target price of GBX 317.50, indicating a potential upside of 56.02%. Given Grainger's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Grainger is more favorable than Bloomsbury Publishing.
Bloomsbury Publishing has a net margin of 9.77% compared to Grainger's net margin of -0.40%. Bloomsbury Publishing's return on equity of 18.62% beat Grainger's return on equity.
70.1% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.8% of Grainger shares are held by institutional investors. 8.3% of Bloomsbury Publishing shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Grainger shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Grainger beats Bloomsbury Publishing on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BMY) was last updated on 3/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
